african american dishes and the rich history behind them. 00:21:12-00:26:16 00:40:18-00:45:17 jessie eaves- member, blacksburg museum cultural foundation committeei think food is a common denominator because everyone has to eat and when we cook soul food you put a lot of love into it. track 1that love was felt and tasted at the blacksburg museum of cultural foundation's soul food sampling.jessie eaves- member, blacksburg museum cultural committeewhen we initially started soul food it started blacks then didn't have the best choice cuts of the meat so the women of the day made the best use that they could out of the ham hocks.track 3jessie eaves grew up on soul food so did joann price and richard wade who say it was often what brought people together. joann price- member, blacksburg foundation committeeneighbors across the street. if my grandmother, mother needed some sugar go down to anny's and get some sugar.track 4 favorites like pound cake and sweet tea.joann price- member, blacksburg museum cultural foundation committeemy grandparents tehy didnt have no recipe. they just cooked the stu